“Not playing the way we thought…” Eng Skipper Ben Stokes reacts to 336-run Edgbaston defeat

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Birmingham (England), July 6, 2025 (ANI): After suffering a 336-run defeat in 2nd Test against India, England skipper Ben Stokes said, "I think if we were able to burst them open when we did have them five down earlier on day 1, then the game probably would've played out a little bit different. But as the game got deeper and deeper, it was pretty obvious that it was not playing the way we thought it was going to..."

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00:00I think if we were able to, you know, burst them open when we did have them five down earlier on day one,

00:07then, you know, the game potentially probably would have played out a little bit different.

00:11But yeah, as the game, you know, got deeper and deeper into it,

00:15it was pretty obvious that it was sort of not playing the way that we thought it was going to.

00:21And if anything, the longer the game played out, the more it was, you know,

00:24suiting that Indian team over our team.

00:27But yeah, as you say, no one's got a crystal ball.

00:30No one's really going to know what a wicket's going to do.

00:33But yeah, look, having them 205, we were happy there.

00:36Even five down at the end of day one.

00:37But we just weren't able to bust them open.

00:40And yeah, we had a chance to potentially bowl them out for under 350 on that wicket,

00:44which would have been a good effort.

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